I am interested in expanding a small mailorder business serving
private Christian schools. I am looking for a wholealer who will drop
ship business, productivity, and educational software to my cusomers,
academic versions where available. I need name, contact information,
and requirements for setting up an account, along with any other
information that may prove useful or necessary

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 16 Oct 2002 10:13 PDT

Hi! I have found one company which could drop ship the software you
need but it seems that the rest of the drop shippers are available in
drop shipping business directories which you must purchase separately.

Furthermore, I have found more and more articles discussing that drop
shipping arrangements are better if the one who drop ships it are the
manufacturers themselves and not wholesalers since some of them could
be fraudulent businesses.

Would links to these sources constitute as a legitimate answer? Just
let me know. :)

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Clarification of Question by allentroyer-ga on 17 Oct 2002 07:22 PDT

I would be interested in drop shipping business directories as well as
links to individual drop shippers. I am not interested in getting rich
quick, simply adding features to a small business I already run. So,
no fabulous promises; any caveat emptor articles would be appreciated
and carefully considered.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I usually start off with the list of products of companies that I find
for my clients. But in this case I think it would be appropriate to
first list the thing you would need to be careful about in the line of
business. The following are articles that could help you make very
important decisions.

“Drop Shipped Direct From The Wholesale Source”
http://www.enetplace.com/reports/what-is-drop-shipping.html 

“Can E-tailers Find Fulfillment With Drop Shipping?”
http://www.inc.com/articles/ops/operations/distribution/24433.html 

“Your Business & Wholesale Drop Shippers”
http://www.enetplace.com/reports/drop-shipping.html 

Drop Shipping Scam Watch Page
http://198.65.239.163/main/ScamWatch.htm 

The next links meanwhile pertain to directories of companies that drop
ship their products to clients you point to. Remember that some of the
directories are the manufacturers are drop shippers themselves (Which
according to our readings are the best way to go) and others are
directories of wholesalers (This you should take with caution).

One directory, “The Drop Ship Directory” has a preview of the
companies it has for free.  These are individual software companies
which drop ship products. Of course the whole directory which you have
to purchase has a more extensive listing.

Free Preview of “The Drop Ship Directory”
http://198.65.239.163/members2/producttype.asp?L=A 

There is some problem with link the goes directly to the software
manufacturers but just type the word “software” (no quotes) on the
search box and click “GO”, you will get the list.

The whole directory is available here:

http://198.65.239.163/Main/Source.htm 

Prices:
http://198.65.239.163/Main/faq.htm 

The following are other drop shipping directories:

American Dropshippers Directory
http://www.microcaddesign.com/books/indexwholesale.html 

New Wholesale Source Private Site
http://www.enetplace.com/wholesale-club.html 

Market Sales - Drop Shipping and Wholesalers Directory
http://marketsales.creativejunction.net/merchantdirectory.htm 

Drop Shipping Central
http://www.dropshippingcentral.com 

1Dropship Depot
http://www.1dropship-depot.com/ 

I have found only one site that provides free listing of drop shipping
for software products. The site is also a wholesaler of software
products.

Deep Discount Software
http://www.deepdiscountsoftware.com/dropshipping.htm 

I have made it a point to enlist more links to directories than
wholesalers since they are a safer route in starting your business.

Search terms used: 
“drop shipping” software directories 

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.

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Regards,
Easterangel-ga